#DreamState

Pirate Queen Maggie

@piratequeenmaggie.bsky.social

3 days ago

I had such a strange dream last night...

#SensualDreams #DreamyVibes #DivineFeminine #SultryNight #RomanticDream #TwoWomen #IntimateMoments #WomensIntimacy #DreamState
#FemmeLove #Sizzling #Alluring
#Temptation #SexyVibes #Bold #Passionate #nakedfemales

Stan Stewart (muz4now)

@muz4now.com

1 week ago

DreamState - Awakening - #DreamState #NowPlaying Stan Stewart - @muz4now

"DreamState - Awakening"
just turned 3 years old
(don't tell anyone, but I'm really proud of this one)
#DreamState #Listen

Stan Stewart aka muz4now

@muz4now.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy

1 week ago

DreamState – Awakening – #DreamState #NowPlaying ### Please share! * Share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon * Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn * Share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads * Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky * Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email * More * * Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook * Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit * * Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr * Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest * * Share on X (Opens in new window) X * * * * **Apple Music** **YouTube** **Tidal** **BandCamp** **Spotify** **Deezer** **Amazon Music** **Pandora** * Bluesky * Mastodon * Facebook * X * More social networks * BandCamp * YouTube # Stan Stewart – @muz4now ### 4 fun tracks with banjo and guitar – #DreamState revisited ### “DreamState: Awakening” now streaming everywhere ### Stirrings & Puppy Romps – DreamState #musicvideos ### DreamState Music Videos Exploration ### Preview videos of the final DreamState suite ### Get Ready for the Final Blast of DreamState Art ### Please share! * Share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon * Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn * Share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads * Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky * Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email * More * * Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook * Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit * * Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr * Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest * * Share on X (Opens in new window) X * ### Like this: Like Loading... ### _More for you_ * * * ### Discover more from Stan Stewart - @muz4now Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email. Type your email… Subscribe

"DreamState - Awakening"
just turned 3 years old
(don't tell anyone, but I'm really proud of this one)
#DreamState #Listen
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Stan Stewart (muz4now)

@muz4now.com

1 week ago

DreamState: Awakening, by Stan Stewart (aka @muz4now) 8 track album

Just in time for #BandcampFriday
"DreamState - Awakening" just turned 3 years old and it's currently name-your-price
#DreamState

Stan Stewart aka muz4now

@muz4now.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy

1 week ago

DreamState: Awakening, by Stan Stewart (aka @muz4now) 8 track album

Just in time for #BandcampFriday
"DreamState - Awakening" just turned 3 years old and it's currently name-your-price
#DreamState
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Stan Stewart (muz4now)

@muz4now.com

1 week ago

DreamState: Awakening

6 of the 8 tracks in my suite "DreamState - Awakening" have a music video
-
And this release just turned 3 years old
#DreamState #MusicVideo

Stan Stewart (muz4now)

@muz4now.com

1 week ago

"DreamState: Awakening" now streaming everywhere Stan Stewart - @muz4now

"DreamState: Awakening"
- the 4th suite in my #DreamState series just turned 3-years-old -
#Listen
muz4now.com/2023/dreamst...

Stan Stewart aka muz4now

@muz4now.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy

1 week ago

6 of the 8 tracks in my suite "DreamState - Awakening" have a music video
-
And this release just turned 3 years old
#DreamState #MusicVideo
www.youtube.com/playlist

Stan Stewart aka muz4now

@muz4now.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy

1 week ago

“DreamState: Awakening” now streaming everywhere ### Please share! * Share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon * Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn * Share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads * Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky * Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email * More * * Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook * Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit * * Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr * Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest * * Share on X (Opens in new window) X * Thank you to everyone who has been following along or searching for “DreamState: Awakening“. Now it’s here, there, and everywhere. To catch up on the story so far, check out: * DreamState – Dreams (The story starts with dreaming.) * DreamState – Liminal Space (That in-between place is powerful.) * DreamState – Lucid Dreaming (When dreams & waking collide, beautiful stuff happens.) * …and now: DreamState – Awakening (Waking is wonderful.) To open the webstory above in a new window or tab, click here. ### Please share! * Share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon * Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn * Share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads * Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky * Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email * More * * Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook * Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit * * Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr * Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest * * Share on X (Opens in new window) X * ### Like this: Like Loading... ### _More for you_ * * * ### Discover more from Stan Stewart - @muz4now Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email. Type your email… Subscribe

"DreamState: Awakening"
- the 4th suite in my #DreamState series just turned 3-years-old -
#Listen
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mIRTH

@ludyvena.bsky.social

2 weeks ago

Anomalous frequency #surreal #dreamstate

Janelle

@janelleuncensored.bsky.social

1 month ago

i wish i could escape into a dream scape #dreamcore #dreamstate #dreamcape #dream #edit #stars #daisies

Stan Stewart aka muz4now

@muz4now.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy

1 month ago

DreamState – Dreams – #DreamState #NowPlaying ### Please share! * Share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon * Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn * Share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads * Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky * Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email * More * * Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook * Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit * * Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr * Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest * * Share on X (Opens in new window) X * * * * **Apple Music** **YouTube** **Tidal** **BandCamp** **Spotify** **Deezer** **Amazon Music** **Pandora** * Bluesky * Mastodon * Facebook * X * More social networks * BandCamp * YouTube # Stan Stewart – @muz4now Creative InsightsMusic ### Healing Inergy – inward energy and recovery the rest of the story Creative Insights ### Exploring Each DreamState Deeply the rest of the story Music ### DreamState – accompaniment for your dreaming the rest of the story Music ### DreamState: Dreams where you listen, stream, & dream the rest of the story Music ### DreamState – Dreams – hear what they have to say the rest of the story Creative Insights ### Dreaming is more than what happens while you sleep the rest of the story ### Please share! * Share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon * Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn * Share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads * Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky * Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email * More * * Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook * Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit * * Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr * Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest * * Share on X (Opens in new window) X * ### Like this: Like Loading... ### _More for you_ * * * ### Discover more from Stan Stewart - @muz4now Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email. Type your email… Subscribe

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Stan Stewart (muz4now)

@muz4now.com

1 month ago

DreamState - Dreams - #DreamState #NowPlaying Stan Stewart - @muz4now

DreamState – Dreams – #DreamState #NowPlaying #MusicVideos #OriginalMusic

Stan Stewart (muz4now)

@muz4now.com

1 month ago

DreamState - Liminal Space - #DreamState #NowPlaying Stan Stewart - @muz4now

DreamState – Liminal Space – #DreamState #NowPlaying #musicvideos #originalmusic

Stan Stewart aka muz4now

@muz4now.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy

1 month ago

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Madis Puuraid

@madispuuraid.bsky.social

1 month ago

I. Layered Beginning The first photograph marks the moment when reality begins to subtly shift. Transparent surfaces, reflections, and overlapping planes create a sense of uncertainty: it becomes unclear where the external world ends and the internal experience begins. This is the threshold of sleep — a state where everything still appears familiar, yet something is already slightly off.

II. Presence Without Identity In the second image, a human figure appears, but without a clear identity. Present, yet unrecognizable; moving, yet without direction. It represents the dream-self — an observer who exists within space but no longer holds a fixed role or control. The urban environment becomes a stage where light and shadow exert more influence than the figure itself.

III. Wandering The third photograph leads the viewer deeper into the structure of the dream. Focus dissolves, light fragments, and space stretches into ambiguity. There is a path, but no destination. This image captures a state of wandering — a moment when the dream has taken hold, while remnants of wakefulness still attempt to impose order.

IV. Dissolution The final image signifies complete immersion. There is no longer a figure or a clearly defined space — only traces of movement, rhythms of light, and the collapse of time. The viewer is no longer observing the scene but becomes part of it. This is the point where the dream within the dream loses form, leaving behind pure experience.

A Dream Within a Dream — Descent

📷 City at night

#tallinn #conceptual #dreamstate #urbanlandscape #fineartphotography

Stan Stewart aka muz4now

@muz4now.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy

1 month ago

4 fun tracks with banjo and guitar – #DreamState revisited ### Please share! * Click to share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon * Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn * Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads * Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky * Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email * More * * Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook * Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit * * Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr * Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest * * Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X * I don’t count myself as a banjo or guitar player. Yet they keep showing up on my tracks… ## Back Down the Road a Bit About a year ago, I started to release a series of four albums in the DreamState series: Dreams, Liminal Space, Lucid Dreaming, and Awakening. At that time (and still to this day), I was deeply focused on the inspiration from dreams. Hopefully, some of that shone through the tracks that I wrote. At the same time, I pushed myself to learn and use the music technology available to me. Some of that is pretty boring and geeky. But I will enjoy sharing these bits of banjo and guitar tech with you today. I think they’re really fun. Revisiting the #DreamState albums for music and technology fun Click To Tweet ## DreamState Quartet ### “DreamState: Awakening” releases to music streams everywhere ### For The Love Of DreamState ### DreamState – to accompany your dreaming ### Dreaming is not just what happens while you sleep ## Guitar Evolution As I’ve matured as a musician, I continue to focus more on the piano (and keyboard). I’m not really a guitarist though I used to play one for the portability. My shift away from guitar means I’m really appreciating the great virtual guitars available. On “Lucid Bossa Nova”, I featured a great sounding Evolution Steel Strings by Orange Tree Samples. Orange Tree always does an excellent job of sampling instruments. Plus, I’m accustomed to their interface. Check out the animation showing where the strings are being held down. Music technology offers creators new ways to include instruments in their music Click To Tweet ## It’s not all banjos and guitars Not all virtual instruments have flashy animation. Some just sound good. I’d say that’s the case with Tina Guo cello by CineSamples. This VI has been around for a while, but still holds up fairly well. I used this cello side-by-side with RealGuitar “Classic” (aka classical) from Music Lab on the track Morning’d Better Come. Music Lab put some nice touches in this VI including the animated guitar image. Cellos and banjos and guitars … oh my! Click To Tweet ## Banjos R Us I think the banjo sounds so cool. In addition to several songs that include real, live banjo played on them, I have just as many with virtual banjos. Plus, I’ve already done a comparison of three virtual banjos. Please read and hear it here. The sound of the banjo can create a story in the mind of the listener Click To Tweet ## From Banjo to Guitar Now, I’ll shift back from banjo to guitar. It’s possible that I may have saved the best for last. Ample Sound makes excellent banjo and guitar (and other) VIs. Above, you saw and heard their banjo. In “a day in the recording studio of an indie musician” I shared a video of their China Dongxiao (flute). Now for one of their incredible metal guitars. They named this one Hellrazer and for good reasons. I did not use any tricks to create the introduction to “Be You” using only this guitar. With nine strings, I had plenty to work with. Check it out. Virtual instrument makers are often very creative people Click To Tweet ## More Dreamy Stories Creative Insights ### Liminal and Lucid – dreamstate interplay Read More Creative Insights ### Exploring Each DreamState Deeply Music ### DreamState: Lucid Dreaming for your listening ears Music ### We All Have Our Own Dreams – beatcity 4th song release ### Please share! * Click to share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon * Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn * Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads * Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky * Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email * More * * Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook * Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit * * Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr * Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest * * Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X * ### Like this: Like Loading... ### _More for you_ * * * ### Discover more from Stan Stewart - @muz4now Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email. Type your email… Subscribe

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Stan Stewart (muz4now)

@muz4now.com

1 month ago

4 fun tracks with banjo and guitar - #DreamState revisited Stan Stewart - @muz4now

4 fun tracks with banjo and guitar – #DreamState revisited #music #musician #musicianresources #musiciantips

DJMondosRave

@djmondosrave.bsky.social

1 month ago

I’m in a dream state right now. #djmondosrave #dreamstate ##techno #housemusic 

Check out Mondo's Merch!

Clarice Serafini ✫ Illustrator

@akaclarice.bsky.social

1 month ago

Some of them are stories of madness, of violence
Some are ordinary
Yet they all have about them a sense of mystery
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.
.
#portraitart #sketch #digitalart #dreamstate #twinpeaks

Stan Stewart (muz4now)

@muz4now.com

2 months ago

DreamState - Awakening - #DreamState #NowPlaying Stan Stewart - @muz4now

DreamState – Awakening – #DreamState #NowPlaying #dreamstate #musicvideos #nowplaying #originalmusic #streaming

Stan Stewart aka muz4now

@muz4now.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy

2 months ago

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Stan Stewart (muz4now)

@muz4now.com

2 months ago

DreamState - Dreams - #DreamState #NowPlaying Stan Stewart - @muz4now

DreamState – Dreams – #DreamState #NowPlaying #musicvideos #originalmusic

Stan Stewart aka muz4now

@muz4now.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy

2 months ago

DreamState – Dreams – #DreamState #NowPlaying ### Please share! * Click to share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon * Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn * Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads * Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky * Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email * More * * Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook * Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit * * Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr * Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest * * Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X * * * * **Apple Music** **YouTube** **Tidal** **BandCamp** **Spotify** **Deezer** **Amazon Music** **Pandora** * Bluesky * Mastodon * Facebook * X * More social networks * BandCamp * YouTube # Stan Stewart – @muz4now Creative InsightsMusic ### Healing Inergy – inward energy and recovery the rest of the story Creative Insights ### Exploring Each DreamState Deeply the rest of the story Music ### DreamState – accompaniment for your dreaming the rest of the story Music ### DreamState: Dreams where you listen, stream, & dream the rest of the story Music ### DreamState – Dreams – hear what they have to say the rest of the story Creative Insights ### Dreaming is more than what happens while you sleep the rest of the story ### Please share! * Click to share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon * Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn * Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads * Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky * Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email * More * * Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook * Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit * * Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr * Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest * * Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X * ### Like this: Like Loading... ### _More for you_ * * * ### Discover more from Stan Stewart - @muz4now Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email. Type your email… Subscribe

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South Florida Media

@southfloridamedia.bsky.social

2 months ago

Tiësto – Dreamstate 2025 Full Set Tiësto Delivers a Statement Set at Dreamstate 2025, Reclaiming Trance on Its Own Terms At a festival built for trance purists, shortcuts don’t survive. That’s why Tiësto arriving at Dreamstate…

🚨 Breaking News 🚨

Tiësto Dreamstate 2025 Full Set

South Florida Media – Florida’s Free News Leader

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#Tiësto #Dreamstate #SouthFloridaMedia

@leevaris.bsky.social

2 months ago

Sleep becomes a vessel, and memory—layered, fractured, luminous— is sealed inside like a sacred relic.
#MentalReliquary #DreamState #SurrealPortrait #AIImagery #BobbiAndLeesPhotoAdventures

Dejavu Wallpaper

@dejavuwallpaper.bsky.social

2 months ago

Image

Image

Image

Image

A vortex of liquid night, swirling into itself.
Where color becomes memory and motion, time dissolves.

Send this to your past self.
deepblue #abstractart #liquidcolor #cosmicvortex #dreamstate #wallpaper #dejavuwallpaper #mystic #fluidart #nightwaves

Stan Stewart aka muz4now

@muz4now.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy

3 months ago

4 fun tracks with banjo and guitar – #DreamState revisited ### Please share! * Click to share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon * Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn * Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads * Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky * Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email * More * * Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook * Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit * * Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr * Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest * * Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X * I don’t count myself as a banjo or guitar player. Yet they keep showing up on my tracks… ## Back Down the Road a Bit About a year ago, I started to release a series of four albums in the DreamState series: Dreams, Liminal Space, Lucid Dreaming, and Awakening. At that time (and still to this day), I was deeply focused on the inspiration from dreams. Hopefully, some of that shone through the tracks that I wrote. At the same time, I pushed myself to learn and use the music technology available to me. Some of that is pretty boring and geeky. But I will enjoy sharing these bits of banjo and guitar tech with you today. I think they’re really fun. Revisiting the #DreamState albums for music and technology fun Click To Tweet ## DreamState Quartet ### “DreamState: Awakening” releases to music streams everywhere ### For The Love Of DreamState ### DreamState – to accompany your dreaming ### Dreaming is not just what happens while you sleep ## Guitar Evolution As I’ve matured as a musician, I continue to focus more on the piano (and keyboard). I’m not really a guitarist though I used to play one for the portability. My shift away from guitar means I’m really appreciating the great virtual guitars available. On “Lucid Bossa Nova”, I featured a great sounding Evolution Steel Strings by Orange Tree Samples. Orange Tree always does an excellent job of sampling instruments. Plus, I’m accustomed to their interface. Check out the animation showing where the strings are being held down. Music technology offers creators new ways to include instruments in their music Click To Tweet ## It’s not all banjos and guitars Not all virtual instruments have flashy animation. Some just sound good. I’d say that’s the case with Tina Guo cello by CineSamples. This VI has been around for a while, but still holds up fairly well. I used this cello side-by-side with RealGuitar “Classic” (aka classical) from Music Lab on the track Morning’d Better Come. Music Lab put some nice touches in this VI including the animated guitar image. Cellos and banjos and guitars … oh my! Click To Tweet ## Banjos R Us I think the banjo sounds so cool. In addition to several songs that include real, live banjo played on them, I have just as many with virtual banjos. Plus, I’ve already done a comparison of three virtual banjos. Please read and hear it here. The sound of the banjo can create a story in the mind of the listener Click To Tweet ## From Banjo to Guitar Now, I’ll shift back from banjo to guitar. It’s possible that I may have saved the best for last. Ample Sound makes excellent banjo and guitar (and other) VIs. Above, you saw and heard their banjo. In “a day in the recording studio of an indie musician” I shared a video of their China Dongxiao (flute). Now for one of their incredible metal guitars. They named this one Hellrazer and for good reasons. I did not use any tricks to create the introduction to “Be You” using only this guitar. With nine strings, I had plenty to work with. Check it out. Virtual instrument makers are often very creative people Click To Tweet ## More Dreamy Stories Creative Insights ### Liminal and Lucid – dreamstate interplay Read More Creative Insights ### Exploring Each DreamState Deeply Music ### DreamState: Lucid Dreaming for your listening ears Music ### We All Have Our Own Dreams – beatcity 4th song release ### Please share! * Click to share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon * Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn * Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads * Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky * Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email * More * * Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook * Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit * * Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr * Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest * * Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X * ### Like this: Like Loading... ### _More for you_ * * * ### Discover more from Stan Stewart - @muz4now Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email. Type your email… Subscribe

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